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Anton G.

Anton G.

Joined on 03/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Fast and Insanely quiet

XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity HD-687A-ZDFC
XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity HD-687A-ZDFC

Pros: Built a brand new computer for the first time. This card runs as fast or faster than reference cards, but the catch is, it is super quiet. Literally makes no noise at all. I run furmark and I can't even hear it spool up. You can't beat XFX warranty.

Cons: It's so quiet I thought it was broken?

Overall Review: When installing make sure you disable windows 7 auto installing of drivers and then remove the generic vga driver, restart and install AMD drivers. To other first-time builders that might not be obvious. My Windows Experience Score went from 1.0 with generic vga to 7.8 with AMD drivers. I plan to crossfire these for a quiet super powerful build.

Most Critical Review

Not very good

TP-LINK TL-WN781ND Wireless N150 PCI Express Adapter, 150Mbps, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, WEP/WPA/WPA2
TP-LINK TL-WN781ND Wireless N150 PCI Express Adapter, 150Mbps, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, WEP/WPA/WPA2

Pros: It worked for about 3 days perfectly.

Cons: The light never worked. After 3 days it only worked with the cover off the case. See other thoughts for more info.

Overall Review: I have a Silverstone Fortress FT02B case which has a rotated motherboard and all the slots face upwards. Well to keep things neat, the top has a cover made of plastic and metal mesh. As a result the antenna is beneath a metal mesh during operation. I did not think about it before I purchased this adapter, but when I installed it everything worked fine so I thought nothing of it. After 3 days the only way I got any signal at all was to remove the wire mesh cover. With cover off I got 2-3 bars out of 5, which is exactly what I got in the first 3 days. I RMAed this adapter and purchased one with an external antenna and now I get 5 bars all the time. The new adapter was more expensive, but I absolutely needed it. The TP-Link would work fine for someone who has a normal case and is relatively close to their wireless router (mine is in basement, and I am on second floor).

Works Great

Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)
Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)

Pros: I have had this providing internet for my xbox 360 for over a year now. I have it set to receive the wifi from my uverse router and send it by wire to the 360. I believe I have DD-WRT installed to have that function. It gets a better and more reliable signal than anything else in the house. I can watch Netflix in HD on just a 3 mbps wifi connection with other people surfing the net at the same time.

Cons: The stock firmware is useless. Install DD-WRT or tomato to unlock full functionality.

Quiet and Quiet

SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (SS-650KM Active PFC F3) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Hasw
SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (SS-650KM Active PFC F3) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Hasw

Pros: It is easy to work with given all the cables that are included. Comes in a beautiful box, and even has a bag for all the cables. It is super quiet.

Cons: I really have nothing to say here.

Overall Review: Hooked it up and everything runs, even with an overclocked i5-2500k processor and AMD 6870 CF.

Works Well

ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive

Pros: It was easy to apply and seems to work well enough.

Cons: None that I found.

Overall Review: This is my first thermal paste ever so I have nothing to compare to really.

Huge and Quiet

Scythe SCMG-2100 Sleeve CPU Cooler
Scythe SCMG-2100 Sleeve CPU Cooler

Pros: This thing is super quiet, to the point that I can't even hear it. It cools my Core i5-2500k very effectively, keeping load temps under 50 C even with OC.

Cons: I do have to say that this cooler is huge and near impossible to install if you are trying to do it alone. With someone helping me it was a challenge.

Overall Review: This is the first cooler I have ever owned, but installation instructions were hard to figure out at first. Took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to mount it.